Publications

Publication details [#46667]

Braun, Peter. 1997. Personenbezeichnungen. Der Mensch in der deutschen Sprache. ['People Words'. Designations for persons in German.] (Reihe Germanistische Linguistik 189). De Gruyter. VIII+157pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

German

Keywords

journalese | language variety | literature | self-reference | word choice

Language as a subject

German

Annotation

This study examines people's self-references in present-day German and their incidence and functions in journalistic prose and literary texts. The focus lies on the standard vocabulary, with comparative reference to other language varieties.